James Burchill

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Books, Bagels and Jam(azon)?

Amazon is an online mega-business, but jam? Yup, today I was informed that the GROCERY department at Amazon (who knew?) is running a special promo.
 
So if you have a morbid sense of curiosity and want to find out what groceries are available, click http://tinyurl.com/jamazon
 
You might like to know that much of what Amazon promotes through their Grocery department is organic, green and good for you.
 
Like I said… who knew ;-)
 
http://tinyurl.com/jamazon

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How To Speak "James"

Although I am now a naturalized Canadian as well as a British Citizen, and speak both English and various North American/Canadian derivatives… if you ever wanted to speak original James, you might try referencing this chart:
 
http://www.britsusa.com/about_guide.php
 
I’m off to snag some brekkie, a nice cuppa and later today I might popover to the pub for a quick brewsky with a mate. Then we might swing by the theatre and take a gander at a the latest film. That reminds me, I’d better give my Mum a bell…
 
Cheers!

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“For those who understand you, no explanation is necessary; for those who don’t, none is possible.” ~ Kurt Cobain

Google Page Rank Update

I just noted that Google has updated the PageRank on some web sites. Is yours one of them? Did you go up or down in the latest shuffle?

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2 new improvements to Google results pages

On March 24, Google rolled out two new improvements to its search. The first offers an expanded list of useful related searches and the second is the addition of longer search result descriptions — both of which help guide users more effectively to the information they need.

Here’s a chunk-o-text from their blog:

“More and better search refinements

Starting today, we’re deploying a new technology that can better understand associations and concepts related to your search, and one of its first applications lets us offer you even more useful related searches (the terms found at the bottom, and sometimes at the top, of the search results page). For example…”

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http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-new-improvements-to-google-results.html

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